The promoter says the blockbuster bout is contractually secured, with the venue now the main issue standing between the two heavyweight stars and fight night

Promoter Eddie Hearn has offered a strong assurance that the long-awaited Joshua-Fury fight will go ahead, saying the agreement between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury has already been signed and cannot simply be abandoned.

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Hearn made the comments in an interview with DAZN after Fury suggested that the proposed blockbuster could be under threat, reportedly because of disagreements over Joshua’s financial demands.

The promoter dismissed the suggestion that the fight was in danger, insisting that the contractual arrangements had already been completed and that neither boxer could simply walk away.

“We’ve signed the contract, we’re waiting for a date. You saw Tyson Fury shouting and screaming. There’s nothing to shout and scream about, the fight’s done,” Hearn said.

“The fight’s signed. No one can pull out of the fight. You can’t just pull out of a contract.”

The comments represent the latest twist in one of boxing’s most anticipated heavyweight rivalries, which has been discussed for years but repeatedly failed to reach the ring.

Hearn acknowledged that a signed agreement could still be breached, but stressed that doing so would carry contractual and potentially legal consequences.

“There’s no suggestion that the fight’s not happening, no one can stop this fight from happening. The only way it can stop from happening is if they actually breach the contract,” he said.

Rather than the financial terms being the principal obstacle, Hearn identified the location as the major outstanding issue.

Joshua’s agreement reportedly provides for the contest to take place in the United Kingdom, while Saudi-backed organisers are pushing for the fight to be staged at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Hearn said Joshua’s team understood the attraction of holding the contest in the United States but would require revised terms before agreeing to move away from Britain.

“We know everybody and his dog involved in the fight wants to do the fight in America. We don’t,” Hearn said.

“We’ve told Sela and the team if you want to do it in America, these are the terms that we can move forward with. But we’d rather not, please.”

The venue question adds another layer to a fight that has spent years hovering between possibility and uncertainty.

Joshua, a former unified world heavyweight champion, enters the proposed contest with a professional record of 30 wins and four defeats, including 27 victories inside the distance.

Fury, the former WBC heavyweight champion, has recorded 36 victories, two defeats and one draw, with 25 of his wins coming by knockout.

The numbers underline why the proposed meeting remains such a compelling prospect.

Both men have established themselves among the defining heavyweights of their generation, while their contrasting styles and long histories at the top of the division have sustained public interest even through years of failed negotiations.

Fury has previously suggested that the fight would represent the culmination of a rivalry that has been discussed since both men became dominant figures in the heavyweight division.

Joshua, meanwhile, has continued to pursue major heavyweight contests after rebuilding his career following consecutive defeats by Oleksandr Usyk.

The proposed showdown would therefore carry significance beyond its commercial appeal. It would bring together two of Britain’s most recognisable heavyweight boxers in a fight that fans have repeatedly been promised but never seen.

Hearn’s latest comments suggest that the negotiations have finally moved beyond the question of whether the fight will happen and towards the more practical question of where it will take place.

That does not eliminate every potential complication. A contract can be breached, disputes can arise and logistical arrangements can still change before fight night.

But according to Hearn, the essential agreement between Joshua and Fury is already in place.

For now, the boxing world is waiting for the one detail that remains conspicuously absent: the date.

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If Hearn’s assessment holds, the next announcement could transform years of speculation into one of the most anticipated heavyweight events of the modern era.